The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... never seen before . After his illness had subsided , he first began to move about on crutches ; but of course it was too fatiguing for him to travel any distance , and so his elder brother , William , hauled him to school in a little ...
... never seen before . After his illness had subsided , he first began to move about on crutches ; but of course it was too fatiguing for him to travel any distance , and so his elder brother , William , hauled him to school in a little ...
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... never read or heard of such a society before . Its name was a compound of Greek and English , - " Spouteroi , " and expressed its object . The spouting of the youngsters must have been , at first , very crude , but of course they ...
... never read or heard of such a society before . Its name was a compound of Greek and English , - " Spouteroi , " and expressed its object . The spouting of the youngsters must have been , at first , very crude , but of course they ...
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... never do to hinge a quarrel on such a cause ; so , quick as thought , he choked off the rest of the coming sentence . " Oh , well , if you beg my pardon there's an end of it . " " But stop , " said Tom ; " I didn't mean to beg your ...
... never do to hinge a quarrel on such a cause ; so , quick as thought , he choked off the rest of the coming sentence . " Oh , well , if you beg my pardon there's an end of it . " " But stop , " said Tom ; " I didn't mean to beg your ...
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... never deserted him , while his quickness and perception of memory gave him skill . The play progressed , and to his astonishment , when he rose from the table , he was winner to the amount of several hundred dollars . Was he elated ? or ...
... never deserted him , while his quickness and perception of memory gave him skill . The play progressed , and to his astonishment , when he rose from the table , he was winner to the amount of several hundred dollars . Was he elated ? or ...
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... Never a man more joyfully laid down the ferule of the pedagogue than he ; school - teaching , while his temporary avocation , was not his vocation . To confine a brilliant genius like his down to the humdrum daily repetition of the same ...
... Never a man more joyfully laid down the ferule of the pedagogue than he ; school - teaching , while his temporary avocation , was not his vocation . To confine a brilliant genius like his down to the humdrum daily repetition of the same ...
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